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Johann Johannsson On The Challenges Of Scoring ‘Blade Runner 2049’ By Jack Giroux/Nov. 3, 2016 8:30 am EST Denis Villeneuve is knee-deep in the world of Blade Runner. The director behind Sicario and next week’s Arrival is currently shooting the sequel, Blade Runner 2049, which is about the search for Rick Reckard (Harrison Ford). Reimagining and advancing the world Sir Ridley Scott captured on film must put an exceptional amount of pressure on Villeneuve and his team, but like the sequel’s composer Jóhann Jóhannsson says, they’re making a sequel, something new, so there’s freedom to try new things, like with the score....

LGBT Animated Short ‘In A Heartbeat’ Is A Tender Love Story That Could Rival Pixar Shorts By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 2, 2017 3:00 pm EST It has all the trappings of a story of first love — lovely, funny, and touching — only it’s about a young schoolboy who has a crush on another boy at school. Funded on Kickstarter and developed as a thesis film by two Computer Animation majors at Ringling College of Art + Design, the video has gone viral, accumulating more than 3 million views on YouTube....

Phil Lord And Chris Miller Take Executive Producer Credit On ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 27, 2018 3:30 pm EST But Lord and Miller are taking back control of the narrative. The directing duo spoke at the GLAS Animation Festival and revealed that they hold a Solo executive producer credit. This reveal came during the third annual GLAS Animation Festival Friday in Berkeley, California, on Friday. Miller gave a diplomatic answer about the duo’s experience on the Star Wars production, saying (via Indiewire):...

POTD: ‘Hellboy’ Actors Ron Perlman And David Harbour Had Dinner Together By Jack Giroux/June 10, 2017 10:00 am EST The news of director Neil Marshall (The Descent) and actor David Harbour (Stranger Things) teaming up for a Hellboy reboot was bittersweet. While Hellboy III appeared less and less likely as the years went by, and Guillermo del Toro confirmed it was dead before the reboot announcement, fans were still sad the final part of del Toro’s trilogy won’t ever see the light of day....

Scrapped ‘Justice League Mortal’ Featured A Brutal Superman And Wonder Woman Fight, Jay Baruchel Reveals By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 31, 2017 7:30 am EST It’s a classic, bittersweet case of “what could’ve been.” George Miller’s abandoned Justice League Mortal movie remains mostly a mystery to us, confined to the reaches of our imagination. But talking about the possibilities of never-made movies is always fascinating, and one of the the scrapped film’s cast members, Jay Baruchel (who was set to play villain Maxwell Lord), took a walk down memory lane to reveal some tantalizing details of the never-made film — including a brutal throwdown between two of the World’s Finest....

Stephen King’s ‘The Long Walk’ Now In Development At New Line By Chris Evangelista/April 25, 2018 3:16 pm EST The Stephen King movie adaptation train refuses to slow down, so get the hell out of the way. The latest King property to find its way to the big screen: The Long Walk. Frank Darabont previously had the rights to King’s book for years, but that’s no longer the case. Sooner or later, Hollywood is going to run out of Stephen King adaptations....

Superhero Bits: Gambit Working Title, Infinity War Trailer Arrives Before 2018 & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2017 5:00 pm EST What’s the working title for 20th Century Fox’s Gambit movie? Would Adrianne Palicki ever return to Agents of SHIELD? When can we expect the Avengers: Infinity War trailer? Would you like to see a female superhero team-up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Who is Billy Zane playing on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow?...

Superhero Bits: The Tick Return Date, Solomon Grundy Comes To Gotham & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 7, 2017 8:00 am EST When is The Tick returning to finish out the rest of the first season? How did a real image of a murdered Russian diplomat end up in Telltale’s Batman? When is Spawn going to start production? Why didn’t the Arrow villiain Onomatopoeia end up appearing on The CW series? When will the Batman villain Solomon Grundy make his debut on Gotham?...

Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Delayed Again By Jack Giroux/Oct. 2, 2016 11:00 am EST It’s unfortunate to report Terry Gilliam’s longtime passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has been delayed again. The writer-director was going to start shooting the film (for the second time) next week, but another unexpected curveball has been thrown in this troubled project’s direction. Gilliam called the most recent delay of his fantastical adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ novel “slight....

The ‘It’ Sequel Will Explore The Novel’s More ‘Transdimensional’ Elements By Jacob Hall/Sept. 5, 2017 2:00 pm EST It may seem silly to talk about a movie’s sequel before the first one is even in theaters, but Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of It demands the conversation. Stephen King’s massive novel was divided in half for the film adaptation and the scenes that take place 30 years after the “Losers’ Club” battle Pennywise the Clown (and its various other guises) were excised....

The Morning Watch: ‘Power Rangers: Shattered Grid’, An Improvised ‘Workaholics’ PowerPoint & More By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers star Jason David Frank return as an evil version of the Green Ranger in the comic book event trailer, Power Rangers: Shattered Grid....

Watch A New ‘Justice League’ Clip, Featurette & TV Spot Before The Superheroes Hit Theaters By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 12, 2017 11:00 am EST We’re just a few days away from Justice League hitting theaters, bringing the DC Comics superhero team altogether on the big screen for the first time ever. We’ve seen plenty of footage in the trailers that have been released over the past year and a half, and now Warner Bros....

Why The ‘Shazam!’ Suit Looked Different In The Trailer, According To Director David F. Sandberg By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 6, 2018 4:00 pm EST Superhero suits never look as good in set images as they do on the big screen. But that didn’t stop the Shazam! suit from causing some minor outrage when leaked set photos of the upcoming Warner Bros. film showed a bulky, goofy-looking costume. And the internet did what the internet does best: cry doom....

‘Alien: Covenant’ Adds James Franco To The Cast By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2016 12:30 pm EST After launching the Planet of the Apes prequel franchise with Rise of the Planet of the Apes, renaissance man James Franco has joined another blockbuster prequel franchise. Even though production on Alien: Covenant has been done for awhile, we’re just now learning that James Franco has a role in in the prequel sequel. That means we’re getting James Franco and Danny McBride in an Alien movie, and that’s just weird to think about....

‘Arsenal’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage Makes A Movie That Feels Like It Belongs In ‘Entourage’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2016 12:00 pm EST Adrien Grenier is best known for starring in the HBO series Entourage as movie star Vincent Chase. Throughout the series, we’re treated to teases of the movies Grenier’s character has made during his career. Now a trailer for a new action thriller looks like it came straight out of the world of Entourage, complete with a role for Adrian Grenier....

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Behind-The-Scenes Footage Shows Off Dan Stevens’ Ridiculous Motion Capture Suit By Jacob Hall/June 1, 2017 8:00 am EST Film sets are ridiculous places. You have dozens (and depending on the day, possibly hundreds) of crew members gathered around a set while actors put on costumes and play pretend. Green screens must be ignored – they will look like an actual background when all is said and done....

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Photo: Here’s What The Household Staff Looks Like In Human Form By Angie Han/Dec. 15, 2016 2:00 pm EST Before the household staff in Beauty and the Beast were things, they were people. People who had the terrible misfortune of working for a rich kid who was such a jerk, the magical spell cast to punish him turned them into common household objects, possibly forever. But they retained their humanity deep down inside, and today, we have our first glimpse at what they look like as people....

‘Han Solo’ Movie Photo: The Cast Takes Flight On The Millennium Falcon By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 21, 2017 9:13 am EST Disney and Lucasfilm have released the first photo of the cast of their upcoming Star Wars stand-alone movie starring a young Han Solo, celebrating the start of filming on February 20th, 2017 at Pinewood Studios in London. Hit the jump to see the first Han Solo movie photo, which features the cast on board the Millennium Falcon, ready to take off and begin filming this epic adventure....

‘Incredibles 2’ Smashes Box Office Records With The Biggest Opening Ever For Animated Movies By Ethan Anderton/June 17, 2018 9:00 am EST We already knew people were excited to see The Incredibles back in action in an animated sequel that fans have been waiting to see for 14 years. But we didn’t know fans were this excited. Incredibles 2 has exceeded even the highest box office projections leading up to the film’s release by scoring an estimated $180....

‘Jurassic World 2’ Will Probably Bring Back B.D. Wong By Angie Han/Nov. 28, 2016 4:30 pm EST When Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt return for Jurassic World 2, they may find themselves joined by another familiar face. Producer Frank Marshall has hinted that B.D. Wong will be back as Dr. Henry Wu in the J.A. Bayona-directed sequel, which recently added new stars Toby Jones and Rafe Spall. CinemaBlend recently sat down with Marshall and asked whether Wong would resurface in the Jurassic World sequel....